The workshop will explore how SMEs are integrating in the region, including through trade and investment, and discuss what policy-makers can do to ensure that the benefits of GVC participation are more inclusive. The workshop will also explore how trade facilitation reforms can help SMEs better integrate into trade as both importers and exporters.

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Presentations
- Session 1.1 - Participation and Benefits of SMEs in GVCs in Southeast Asia
- Session 1.2 - Labour market effects and GVCs
- Session 2.1 - Helping SMEs internationalise through trade facilitation
- Session 2.2 - Trade Facilitation for SMEs: State of Play and Way forward
- Panelist 1 - Expanding Markets for MSMEs through Trade Facilitation
- Panelist 3 - Korean National Trade Single Window
- Panelist 4 - How trade facilitation reforms can help SMEs better integrate into trade as both importers and exporters